LongTermGuy
11-25-2015, 04:25 PM
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"On December 28th, 2011, Bill Hadley read the comments. It was a simple article (http://www.journalstandard.com/article/20111228/NEWS/312289936) in the Freeport Journal Standard, detailing Hadley's run for a newly vacant seat on the county board. But the commenters were less polite. "Hadley is a Sandusky waiting to be exposed," a commenter called Fuboy had written. "Check out the view he has of Empire [elementary school] from his front door."
It was a rude but not unusual comment, in line with the ad hominem hostility often found in comments sections. But for Hadley, this comment crossed the line, and he set out to find the person behind it. His quest to unmask Fuboy set off a four-year legal saga that would send shock waves through Freeport's legal and political community."
`At the time, Hadley was returning to county politics after three years in private practice. A lifelong Republican, he had served on the Stephenson County Board from 2002 to 2008. When a board member resigned in 2011 after getting caught living outside the county`
"No one seems to have taken Fuboy's allegation seriously, but locals were eager to find out who was behind it. A small town in northwestern Illinois, Freeport has a lively political tradition, and many saw the comment as a sign that local political divisions were coming to a head. "
More:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/23/9772824/commenter-defamation-lawsuit-identity-revealed
"On December 28th, 2011, Bill Hadley read the comments. It was a simple article (http://www.journalstandard.com/article/20111228/NEWS/312289936) in the Freeport Journal Standard, detailing Hadley's run for a newly vacant seat on the county board. But the commenters were less polite. "Hadley is a Sandusky waiting to be exposed," a commenter called Fuboy had written. "Check out the view he has of Empire [elementary school] from his front door."
It was a rude but not unusual comment, in line with the ad hominem hostility often found in comments sections. But for Hadley, this comment crossed the line, and he set out to find the person behind it. His quest to unmask Fuboy set off a four-year legal saga that would send shock waves through Freeport's legal and political community."
`At the time, Hadley was returning to county politics after three years in private practice. A lifelong Republican, he had served on the Stephenson County Board from 2002 to 2008. When a board member resigned in 2011 after getting caught living outside the county`
"No one seems to have taken Fuboy's allegation seriously, but locals were eager to find out who was behind it. A small town in northwestern Illinois, Freeport has a lively political tradition, and many saw the comment as a sign that local political divisions were coming to a head. "
More:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/23/9772824/commenter-defamation-lawsuit-identity-revealed